Shoebox Christmas 2017

Road Patrols end of year party

A big thank you for the service all our road patrols have given to our school whanau.  Today they went to the Porirua patrols party at Te Rauparaha Arena.  Thanks to Miss Zita and Turou for taking us out.

Waiting at Cannons Creek for the 220 bus to the Arena.

On the way back to school.  Thanks to PCC and NZ Police for a cool day out!

Sunny school picnic fun

Phew!  What a scorcher we had today for our school picnic.  The school picnic day weather curse was well and truly broken!!!

Excitement and sight seeing on the way to Waikanae.

First to hit the water!

Queue for the inflatable run challenge.

Refueling with lunch.

A very quiet bus ride back to school.

Body Percussion with Mr Sim

Room 5 share their quick fire body percussion routines.

Year Six Leavers' Day

Check out some other pics on Maraeroa School's Facebook page - part 1 and part 2

And the winner is ...

New Zealand's bird of the year for 2017 has been voted on and the winner is .....
..... the KEA!

Check out the article and video from the NZ Herald newspaper - click here.

Conservation Week - native birds in our backyard

NZ Bird of the Year voting is now open. Check out all the birds (https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/) competing. Which bird would you vote for and why?

 

Check out some other ideas and activities you can try at home from the Conservation Week website.

Conservation Week - pests and predators

Possums, stoats and rats eat eggs and babies of our native NZ birds. See how we trap, track and kill these pests to protect our native species.

Conservation Week - living and non-living

How do we know which things are living things and which things are non-living?

Conservation Week - conserving water

Our first challenge for the week will help to conserve water for our "backyard". Challenge #1 - Turn off the tap while you are brushing your teeth - save up to 8 litres of water flowing straight down the plug.

Celebrating the end of a BIG Term 3

Today we reflected on and celebrated all the mahi and achievements we have worked on this term.  We had a cushion cinema viewing of the BFG - which we had been reading in class - and some popcorn.  It was a relaxed way to see out the term.  Safe and happy holidays everyone!

Chamber Music - Imani Winds

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori Hui

This morning we had a school hui to celebrate the end of te reo Maori week.  We gave out certificates, awards, sang waiata, shared our mural and kowhaiwhai and reflected on a week of fun activities.